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THBEXTREMELY RARE SIGNED AND DATED EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO YELLOWWARE POTTER'S SLIP CUP / BLOWING BOTTLE
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LiveMar 8, 2025
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- Lot Description
EXTREMELY RARE SIGNED AND DATED EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO YELLOWWARE POTTER'S SLIP CUP / BLOWING BOTTLE, clear lead glaze over yellowware body, wheel-turned bulbous body with a conical tube/funnel opening at one side and the other opening plain, applied horseshoe-shaped base/table ring, incised signature in script on the facing end which reads: "Goodwin / Brothers / July 1876". Circa 1876. 10" HOA (when standing flat).
Literature: Leibowitz - Yellow Ware: The Transitional Ceramic, p. 40, center and p. 44; William & Donna Gray - Amazing Ware Made in the East Liverpool Pottery District, p. 94.
Catalogue Note: This obscure potter's tool is known as a "blowing bottle". It was used by the potter to evenly apply slip bands when decorating so-called "mocha" or "banded" wares. The short opening of the bulb was plugged with an accoutrement containing hollow quills, which the slip would flow through when lung pressure was applied by the potter blowing into the other end. Don Carpentier, the late historical potter and researcher, made himself an example of the device based on published period descriptions, for use in re-creating banded slipwares through authentic methods. A photo of him using his version is attached. See Carpentier's article "Slip Decoration in the Age of Industrialization", published in the 2001 edition of Ceramics in America.
The present "blowing bottle" is one of very few 19th century examples known to survive. The Goodwin Brothers Pottery Company was formed in East Liverpool in 1875 by brothers James, George, and Henry Goodwin after the death of their father John Goodwin in 1875. The piece was seemingly signed and dated to celebrate the erection or expansion of the firm's new factory. The firm is said to have produced yellow ware and Rockingham for only "a short while" before converting the plant for production of white ware. The horseshoe-form base ring adds stability to the piece but may have also been an intentional design choice for bringing good luck to the brothers in their new venture.Condition
Excellent condition with moderate overall wear/scuffing and one small flake to the outer edge of the horseshoe.
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